Sack-baler.



W. P. FULTON.

SACK BALER.

APPLICATION man 1uLY25,1914.

L., f Patented July 20, 1915.

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WILLS P. FULTN, F BARNSTN, NEBRASKA..

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i invention being to provide an improved machine of this character which is extremely cheap and simple, '1s strong and durable, which is adapted to be operated manually and by means of which empty sacks may be expeditiously arranged4 in bundles for shipment.

The invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed. s

ln the accompanying d1avvings2-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a sack baler constructed in accordance with my invention showing th.;l same in initial position with its gripping -ms` open. 2 is partly an end eleva ,a and partly transverse sectional vienI of the same showing the arms open in full.v lines and in closed or baling position in dotted lines.

In the form of the invention hereshoivn a frame l is provided which comprises a pair of side bars 2, anda pair of connecting end bars 3 and has supporting legs l at its corners which serve to support the frame vihoriontalljif and at a suitable height above the ground Bearing blocks 5 .are arranged on the end bars 3 and at the rear end oit' the frame therey is a vertical standard the lower end oi' which is secured on the center of one of end bars. Said standard is provided with a suitable number of spaced adjusting openings 7. At the front endoif the frame there is a standard 8, whichl is pivotally connected as at 9 to the front cross bars'sothat said standard may be turned to an upright position or turned downwardly to a horizontal position at will and this standard is provided on one side with a series of adjusting notches 9 Which correspond in number and position with the adjusting openings 7 of the staidard 6.

A pair of shafts 10--11 are arranged longitudinally of the frame and near the center thereof and are mounted in the bear- Specication of Letters yliatent. i Pggngd July 20, 1915.

Application, filed July 25, 1914.

Serial Nd $353,699.

ings 5. -The .shaft 10 is longer than the shaft ll and is provided at its front end Witha crank handle l2. Each shaftv isprovided 'with a gear 13, said gears engaging each other and hence vvhen the shaft l0 is turned the sha-ft 11 isalso turned ybut in the reverse direction. A paivlll is provided .which is pivotally mounted on the front bearing 5 and may be engaged With the gear of the shaft l0 to lock the shafts' against rotation. initially this dog or pavvl is disengaged. Each shaft is provided with compressing and binding arms l5 ivhich are substantially semi-circular in shape and eX? tend in opposite directions from the respective shafts, a suitable number of said arms being provided on each shaft and said arms being' arranged at a suitable distance apart.

In the operation'of my invention, assum ing that the machine is in initial positionl `of the notches of thestandard S, said rod serving to hold the sacks firmly down upon the shaft and binding arms. Suitable tie Wires orcords are arranged transversely of the frame and across the shafts and under the lowerinost sack. The operator then by means of the crank; handle 12 turns the shalts so as to cause the binding arms to movetovrard each other and in so doing to l gather and compress the sacks into a substantially cylindrical bundle or bale and to yhold the same thus firmly compressed by enthe dog 11i with one of the gears 13 while the bundle istied by means' of the cords or Wires. The rod 16 is then Withdrawn, the dog released from' the gear and the sha-its turned in the reverse direction so Having thus described my invention, I claimz- 1. A baler of the class described comprising a supporting frame,.bearings on theup-` per sides of said supporting `iframe, a pair of parallel shafts mounted on said bearings and hence arranged also'on the upper side of the frame, gears connecting said shafts for simultaneous pariai roa'tion in reverse directions, means to turn one of said Sirf "'Q ami opposieiy efiending and reeiL iy ourred binding irme on Said shafts, dnrds at the ends of said frame and. emending upwardly therefrom and above said shafts and si rod Carried by said standards and arranged above said shafts.

osier of the dass described coiiiprising a supporting frame, bearings on. rhe upper Sides of said supporting frame, a pair of parallel shafts mounted on sai@ 'bearings and hence arranged also on 'the 'upper siie taid frame, gears connecting said Shafts imiltaneoue partial rotation in reverse in. testimony whereof aiix :my signa- 25 ture in presence of two Witnesses.

VVHS P. FULTGN. ,Vinesses 2 T. J. Tvfoooe, ivi E. SPooNER, 

